Silver Lake Cookie Company Gourmet Baked Cookies pulled

Costco and a New York-based company are pulling a batch of cookies off shelves nationwide after a local woman says she found larvae inside her box of Christmas cookies.

Irina Cheremetieva, of Stoughton, told NewCenter 5 she found dozens of worm-like insects crawling inside her box of Silver Lake Cookie Company Gourmet Baked Cookies. She had eaten some before discovering the yellowish larvae.

Her family told NewsCenter 5's Liam Martin that she'll be getting blood work done in the coming days as a precaution.

She bought the cookies this week at the Costco store in Avon.

The pest, according to Silver Lake, is Indianmeal Moth larvae. They can infest stored foods, but won't necessarily make you sick, if you have the misfortune of eating them.

The reaction of shoppers at the Avon store said it all.

"I think that's pretty disgusting," said one shopper.

"We buy a ton of stuff here; we've never had a problem," said another. "It always seems like it's very fresh. And I'm kind of surprised."

This is the second incident reported with the cookies.

Costco told NewsCenter 5 it has pulled that entire batch of cookies off the shelves nationwide, writing in a statement, "We feel the same way as any other consumer would feel. It's a bad situation, and we don't like this at all. Cosco's responsibility is to buy the best product we can. We can't inspect every package that comes in."

Silver Lake Cookies, based out of New York, also released a statement, saying it's investigating how this happened.

"We stand up for our product and have been in business for a long time," the company said. "We want to make things right for the consumer."

While both Costco and Silver Lake are pulling that batch, there is no official recall of the product listed on the websites for Costco or the Food and Drug Administration. NewsCenter 5 only learned about the story through Cheremetieva herself.

A LOCAL WOMAN MAKES A SICKENING DISCOVERY. BUGS CRAWLING EVERYWHERE. THE TOUGHEST STORY TO READ TONIGHT. TONIGHT, COSTCO IS PULLING THOSE COOKIES ARE THE SHELVES NATIONWIDE. NEWSCENTER5'S LIAM MARTIN REREALS HOW IT HAPPENED NEW AT 11:00. WELL, THE FAMILY OF A WOMAN WHO ATE SOME OF THOSE COOKIES TELLS US SHE IS NOT FEELING GOOD AND GOING TO ARE TO HAVE BLOOD WORK DONE. SHE TOOK THIS AND SELF OTHER PICTURES OF THE LARVA INSIDE OF THAT COOKIE BOX. OH, MY GOD. SHE IS DISGUSTED TO DISCOVER THE LARVAE AFTER SHE HAD EATEN THE CHRISTMAS COOKIES. LOOK AT THIS. I CANNOT IMAGINE. I MACHINE MY SYSTEM AC HU. SHE BOUGHT THEM HERE IN AVON. THE GOURMET BAKERY COOKIES. THE PEST CAN IN FEST FOODS. THEY WON'T MACK YOU SICK, BUT THIS LITTLE GUY'S REACTION SAYS IT ALL. YOU SEE THE LITTLE WORMS IN THE COOKIE BOX. I THINK IT IS DISGUSTING. IT IS DISGUSTING. DOES IT MACK YOU WANT TO EAT COOKIES AGAIN? THIS IS THE SECOND INCIDENT REPORTED WITHS THAT HE COOKIES. COSTCO SAYS IT HAS PULLED THAT BATCH OFF THE SHELVES NATIONWIDE. TELLING US IN A STATEMENT WE FOOL THE SAM WAY AS ANY OTHER CONSUMER WOULD FEEL. IT IS BAD SITUATION. WE DON'T LIKE THIS AT ALL. COST CO'S RESPONSIBILITY IS TO PI THE BEST PRODUCT WE CAN BUT WE CAN INSPECT EVERY PACKAGE THAT COMES IN. I AM GLAD I DIDN'T BUY COOKIES. I NEVER HAD A PROBLEM. IT SEEMS LOOK IT IS VERY FRESH AND I AM SURPRISED. AGAIN, THAT BACK OF THOSE COOKIES HAS OPINION PULLED OFF THE SHELVES HERE. THE ODD THING HE IS, THERE HAS BEEN OFFICIAL RECALL OF THE COOKIES. THE ONLY WAY WE HEARD ABOUT THIS